>> let me make one other point.
when you look at what companies
collect, the government does not
seem to be a major offender at
all.
>> but isn't the difference, of
course, chairman, that it's only
the government that can deprive
you of your liberty.
you know, google or amazon, you
still have to click to acquiesce
and not even know they have a
lot of that personal
information.
the government seems to want
total awareness.
that's where even in the name of
security a lot of critics say
sorry, that is an invasion of
privacy and that is going
overboard.
edward snowden himself in the
"washington post" said the